Snap-on Elects Nicholas T. Pinchuk Chairman

KENOSHA, Wis.--Snap-on Incorporated , a leading global innovator,
manufacturer and marketer of tools, diagnostics and equipment
solutions
for professional users today announced that Nicholas T. Pinchuk,
currently president and chief executive officer, has been elected
chairman by the company’s board of directors. Mr. Pinchuk succeeds
Jack
D. Michaels, who is leaving Snap-on's board of directors upon the
expiration of his term on April 23, 2009.

"We are extremely pleased to have Nick as Snap-on’s chairman,
president
and chief executive officer, and look forward to him continuing to
build
on the foundation he has laid during his past seven years with the
company," said W. Dudley Lehman, chairman of the company’s Corporate
Governance & Nominating Committee. "Nick's election as chairman is a
further indication of the board’s confidence in his leadership."

"I feel extraordinarily privileged to be part of the Snap-on team.
We’ve
made substantial progress over the last few years, and I look forward
to
continuing that work with the support of the board, our associates,
our
franchisees and all of our company’s stakeholders," said Mr. Pinchuk.
"We thank Jack Michaels for his special leadership and significant
contributions to the Snap-on family."

Mr. Pinchuk joined Snap-on in 2002 as senior vice president and
president of Snap-on's Worldwide Commercial and Industrial Group. He
was
named president and chief operating officer in April 2007, when he
was
also appointed to Snap-on's board of directors. In December 2007, he
was
named president and chief executive officer. Prior to joining
Snap-on,
Mr. Pinchuk served in several executive operational and financial
management positions at United Technologies Corporation. Before
United
Technologies, he held various financial and engineering positions at
the
Ford Motor Company. He also served as an officer in the United States
Army.

Mr. Pinchuk is a member of the board of directors of Columbus
McKinnon
Corporation. He received Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in
Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of
Business Administration from Harvard.